OpenRouter / Open WebUI | Integrations

Setup

Connect OpenRouter to Open WebUI as an OpenAI-compatible connection, then add Minds as an MCP (Streamable HTTP) tool server with a Minds API key.

Connect OpenRouter to Open WebUI

1. Create an API key at openrouter.ai/keys.
2. In Open WebUI, open Settings → Admin → Connections and click + Add Connection under the OpenAI API connections.
3. URL: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1. API key: your OpenRouter key.
4. Add the model IDs you want to the Model IDs allowlist, for example anthropic/claude-sonnet-5. OpenRouter returns thousands of models, so Open WebUI recommends an allowlist and turning on Cache Base Model List (Open WebUI docs).
5. Save, then pick an OpenRouter model in the chat model selector.

Add Minds to Open WebUI as an MCP tool server

Open WebUI supports MCP natively from v0.6.31, and only admins can add MCP servers (Open WebUI MCP docs).

1. Generate a Minds API key at Settings → API Keys (format minds_…).
2. In Open WebUI, open Settings → Admin → Integrations and click + Add Connection under External Tool Servers.
3. Type: MCP (Streamable HTTP), not OpenAPI.
4. URL: https://getminds.ai/mcp.
5. Auth: Bearer, then paste your minds_… key. Selecting Bearer with an empty key sends an empty header and the server rejects it.
6. Save, then enable the Minds tools for your model or chat. Pick a model with reliable native tool calling; a weak model may ignore tools even when the connection works.

Use Minds through the OpenRouter API

When the model provider (e.g. openai/* via OpenRouter) executes the MCP call server-side, it cannot perform the OAuth handshake. The request reaches Minds without an Authorization header and returns a 401. Pass the MCP server descriptor with a static headers field instead:

{
  "type": "mcp",
  "server_label": "minds",
  "server_url": "https://getminds.ai/mcp",
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer minds_YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
}

OpenRouter's own MCP server is something else

OpenRouter also runs an MCP server at https://mcp.openrouter.ai/mcp. It lets coding assistants look up OpenRouter models, prices, credits and docs; it does not connect Minds (OpenRouter MCP docs).

MCP Server URL

https://getminds.ai/mcp

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